Metricbeat / windows - perfmon counter

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hi ,

for my windows module (metricset: perfmon), do I have to fill in the counter in the metricbeat.yml
Because I would like to do that in the configuration of the windows module, but not in the metricbeat.yml.

    metricbeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: c:\\ProgramData\\metricbeat\\modules.d\\*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: true

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  reload.period: 10s

#============================== modules =====================================
metricbeat.modules:

- module: windows
  metricsets: ["perfmon"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  perfmon.ignore_non_existent_counters: true
  perfmon.counters:
    - instance_label: processor.name
      instance_name: total
      measurement_label: processor.time.total.pct
      query: '\Processor Information(_Total)\% Processor Time'

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if i define the same counter in the windows.yml, why i can't take it back if i don't define it in metricbeat.yml

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Hi @Reb,

You should be able to place the same configuration in a yml file inside your modules.d directory. If you include files from c:\ProgramData\metricbeat\modules.d\*.yml you shouldn't need to define metricbeat.modules too.

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